NOTE: This is an alternate ending to Tell Me, but it can be read as its own story. This would be read after chapter 2 of Tell Me. Also,one more alternate ending will be posted soon.

After hanging out with each other the whole day, Marinette went home that evening. The next day started out as any other ordinary day, they got up and got ready for class then left the house. It was completely calm and sunny outside, but not for long. In an instance, there was a loud explosion and the vibrations spread throughout the city. The ground was violently shaking, and there was screaming, lots of it. Everyone evacuated from the school to find better shelter. Adrien's first thought was to keep Marinette safe, but he also needed to help everyone else. He tells Marinette, "Wait at the front door, someone will come to help you. I need to evacuate everyone else first." Marinette answers with a nod.

When the building was empty, Chat Noir grabs Marinette, "Don't worry, your boyfriend is fine."

They see a café nearby almost completely engulfed by smoke and flames. Chat tells Marinette to stay put while he helps the people in the burning building escape.

"Marinette! Stay here while I help the people still inside that building."

"Okay sure, but do you need help?" asked Mari.

Chat turns and with a curve of the corners of his mouth he says, "No thanks, princess."

Chat winks and runs off to the building. By the time he gets back, she was gone… More explosions could be heard in a distance.

"Marinette!" He starts to yell, frantically looking around for his girlfriend. Just then Ladybug comes in and let's him know that she took Marinette to a safe shelter. Chat feels relieved after hearing that. It has been a long time since Paris needed the duo, it felt amazing to be fighting together with Ladybug again.

After helping the people in the first burning building, they notice a figure on a bridge. On that bridge, they see the terrorist behind all of this chaos. Ladybug looks for the location of his akuma, but he didn't have one. Hawkmoth was still in jail, so he didn't have his miraculous. This person was not akumatized by Hawkmoth, he attacked Paris on his own accord.

"Stop this chaos!" Yells Ladybug, but the bomber couldn't hear her because of the earplugs he was wearing.

The dangerous man had a sinister smile plastered across his face as he watched Chat Noir and Ladybug take a few short steps forward. Knowing what was about to happen, the bomber moves back, away from them. The duo didn't know what was going on, but as they continued to walk forward, Chat Noir and Ladybug step on a landmine. Due to the explosion, they both go flying to the side of the bridge. The cynical man, assuming the deed was done, has disappeared from their sight. Airborne, Chat manages to get a grip on the edge of the bridge with one hand, and Ladybug's wrist in the other. The heroine was unconscious for a minute or two. "Ladybug! Ladybug!" Chat wailed. He grunts and winces at the jolt of pain and pop in his shoulder. The heroine slowly opens her eyes, everything in her sight is cloudy. Because of the explosion, she couldn't hear anything but white noise. The odor of the smoke and gunpowder filled her nose. She's looking down and sees the shallow water with rocks at the bottom, about one hundred feet down. All at once, she remembers what was going on. Ladybug looks up at her partner, still weak. The bridge was unstable and continued to collapse.

Chat noir was losing his grip and Ladybug could see it on his face. Her ears and nose bled red. Ladybug looked at him, dozing off. She attempts to say, "You have to let go." but she couldn't even tell if sound came out of her mouth, she couldn't tell if Chat could understand her. But she could see, and what she saw was the literal and emotional pain in Chat's eyes. He didn't want to let go, she was his beloved partner and he needed her. The duo still never told each other their identities. The boy was crying, his tears dripped onto Marinette's face, which then collected with hers.

The last few moments Ladybug had, hurt a little, but she knew that Chat would live, for her and for Paris. She did this to save his life. He needed both hands to get off of the bridge safely because if he didn't, if he went down with her, she would never forgive him, or herself. Chat feels her slip out of his hands.

"Noo!"

Everything was now moving in slow motion. The emotional hero wants to go down after her, but what good would that do? Ladybug said Marinette was waiting somewhere for him, right? He had to get back to her., he had to live. Just as he was about to look away, Ladybug de-transforms into ordinary Marinette. Ladybug deceived him… Marinette was not safe in a shelter. Chat couldn't stay mad though, afterall, he did the same thing. Adrien was not safe, because he was Adrien and he would be on the verge of death if he didn't climb up.

Was this the end?

Sirens could be heard in the distance and it was slowly getting closer. Policeman help up the only surviving hero. He was quickly escorted onto a cot and into an ambulance. His face was expressionless and he looked at the bridge in disbelief.

A few days pass. Marinette's viewing was on a cloudy day, the air felt and smelled humid. On the same day, it was announced on the news that the bomber was caught and arrested. His objective was to kill both Chat Noir and Ladybug. Adrien makes a note of the criminal's name and posts in on his wall, adding to the collection of blueprints, maps, notes, and pictures. He would make sure the man would rue that day.

Chat would never forget the day she died. He remembers everything vividly: the blood, the screaming, the feeling in the air. He could still feel her wrist and the weight of her body when they were on the edge of the bridge. It was all etched in his memory.